Brown trousers time :~

On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 12:16:39PM +0100, Lyle - CosmicPerl.com wrote:
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> Good points. I'm just afraid I'll have to re-code chunks, seems I need to
> just bite the bullet and get stuck in.
Well, yes. In the words of Fred Brooks: "Plan to throw one away; you will,
anyhow."
If you don't already have a copy of the Mythical Man-Month, you might like
to rectify that situation. He knows a thing or two about large software
systems, having made millions of dollars of mistakes in the process.